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by Marjorie K. McIntosh (Editor)


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The Yoruba, one of the largest and most historically important ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority of their women. Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change traces the history of women in Yorubaland from around 1820 to 1960 and Nigerian independence. Integrating fresh material from local court records and four decades of existing scholarship, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh shows how and why women's roles and status changed during the 19th century and the colonial era. McIntosh emphasizes connections between their duties within the household, their income-generating work, and their responsibilities in religious, cultural, social, and political contexts. She highlights the forms of patriarchy found within Yorubaland and explores the impact of Christianity, colonialism, and international capitalism. This keen and insightful work offers a unique view of Yoruba women's initiative, adaptability, and skill at working in groups.

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  • Title Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change
  • Author Marjorie K. McIntosh (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press
  • Date 2009-03-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780253220547 / 0253220548
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: West Africa
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Nigeria - History - 1900-1960, Women, Yoruba - Nigeria - Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008037047
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.488

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Citations

  • Choice, 09/01/2009, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 04/24/2009, Page 20

About the author

Marjorie Keniston McIntosh is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work on Africa includes Women, Work, and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003, written with Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, which received the 2007 Aidoo-Snyder Prize awarded by the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association. She is also author of Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620 and Controlling Misbehavior in England,1370-1600.

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